page_title: 1979
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 1979 / Births / February
caption_attribution_description: Català: Valentino Rossi el GP Movistar d'Aragó del 2017
context_page_description: 1979 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1979th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 979th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1970s decade.
context_section_description: February 1
  Julie Augustyniak, American footballer
  Mahek Chahal, Norwegian actress and model
  Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer (d. 2006)
  Peter Fulton, New Zealand cricketer
  Rachelle Lefevre, Canadian actress
  Clodoaldo Silva, Brazilian paralympian swimmer
  Rutina Wesley, American actress
  February 2
  Fani Chalkia, Greek athlete
  Mayer Hawthorne, American soul singer
  Christine Lampard, Northern Irish television presenter
  Shamita Shetty, Indian actress and interior designer
  Yuichi Tsuchiya, Japanese actor
  February 4
  Andrei Arlovski, Belarusian mixed martial artist
  Jodi Shilling, American actress
  Tabitha Brown, American actress
  February 5
  Paulo Gonçalves, Portuguese rally racing motorcycle rider (d. 2020)
  Katie Brambley, Canadian distance freestyle swimmer
  February 6 – David Dolníček, Czech ice hockey player
  February 7
  Cerina Vincent, American actress and writer
  Michał Karwan, Polish footballer
  Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni politician
  February 8
  Josh Keaton, American actor
  Martin Rowlands, Irish footballer
  Aleksey Mishin, Russian wrestler
  February 9
  Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and model
  Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
  February 10 – Daryl Palumbo, American musician; who fronted bands, such as Glassjaw
  February 11 – Brandy Norwood, African-American singer and actress
  February 12
  Antonio Chatman, American football player
  Jesse Spencer, Australian actor
  February 13
  Anders Behring Breivik, Norwegian far-right terrorist responsible for the 2011 Norway attacks
  Mena Suvari, American actress
  Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer
  February 14 – Jocelyn Quivrin, French actor (d. 2009)
  February 15 – Gordon Shedden, Scottish race car driver
  February 16
  Valentino Rossi, Italian seven-time MotoGP world champion
  Eric Mun, leader of Korean boy-band Shinhwa
  February 18 – Tyrone D. Burton, American actor
  February 19
  Mariana Ochoa, Mexican singer and actress
  Vitas, Ukrainian and Russian singer and actor
  February 20 – Song Chong-gug, South Korean footballer
  February 21
  Maria Annus, Estonian actress
  Tituss Burgess, American actor and singer
  Carly Colón, Puerto Rican professional wrestler
  Christopher Hayes, American journalist
  Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress and singer
  Jordan Peele, American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer
  February 22 – Patrick Merrill, Canadian lacrosse player
  February 23 – Maryke Hendrikse, Canadian voice actress
  February 25 – László Bodnár, Hungarian footballer
  February 26
  Corinne Bailey Rae, British singer-songwriter and guitarist
  Susana Diazayas, Mexican actress
  February 28
  Michael Bisping, Cypriot mixed martial artist
  Sébastien Bourdais, French racing driver
  Sander van Doorn, Dutch DJ and electronic music producer
caption: Valentino Rossi
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